I wonder if it would be practical to mitigate ground strikes by steering objects...

maxerickson on Sept 27, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: We’ve Already Passed the Tipping Point for Orbital...

I wonder if it would be practical to mitigate ground strikes by steering objects into collisions. I guess if you got the math right you could do the collisions at low orbits and avoid making things worse.